Q: Is 120,020,523 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,020,523 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,020,523 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 120020523 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 21 139 417 973 2,919 41,117 123,351 287,819 863,457 5,715,263 17,145,789 40,006,841 and 120,020,523, with no remainder.

Since 120,020,523 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,020,523, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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